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How does it feel to speak more than 40 languages? Ask iTranslate Voice. Well, it's just an app and you may never meet any human who can do that feat but you can talk in your own language and hear your voice speak another language. The iTranslate Voice features 42 languages that you can hear yourself. There is no need to type on your phone either because the voice recognition technology used by the app is so accurate.

Although it has been a while since the Lotus Notes creator stepped away from his post in Microsoft, Ray Ozzie hasn't completely retired from software scene just yet. Co-founding a startup, Ozzie and company have now released their app Talko which isn't as much a revolution as it is a going back to the roots of communication.

Google Voice transcriptions are a nice feature of the service. But as any Google Voice user will tell you -- the transcriptions are often more comical than useful. That may be the case as of today, however it seems Google has begun working to make some improvements.

Fresh off the Fire TV announcement from earlier this morning, it looks like the first promo video has arrived. This one clocks in at a minute in length and features Gary Busey. More to the point here, the focus of this promo is voice, and well, it has Gary Busey talking to a bunch of household items before finally getting to the Fire TV.

OnePlus has been rolling out bits and pieces in regards to the One smartphone. We have yet to see an official image of the handset, however the specs are adding up. We've recently heard a bit about the display size, overall size and the battery. Now we are hearing about a feature many have come to love on the Moto X -- voice wake up.

Android 4.4 Kit Kat added some functionality for the 'OK Google' voice command. Basically, you can now use the command without having to tap the microphone icon. Of course, those using a Moto X have it sightly better thanks to Touchless Controls. But while things are improving on the mobile side, it looks like this setup is also starting to take shape for those with a Chromebook.

Google has detailed the latest search related update. This one deals with the "My Answers" portion of search and basically means you will be able to ask questions about additional topics. Some of these will likely be familiar to Google Now users, but with that in mind, moving forward My Answers will be able to support flight, reservation, purchase, plan and image related questions.

Google Babel was once the codename for Google+ Hangouts. Babel also appeared briefly as a name for a messaging related app for CyanogenMod, but it now looks like we can put those two Babel references aside because the name has returned. This latest brings the Babel name back to Google and this time around it is dealing with language translation.

Google Search is an extremely powerful service we all use each and every day. It's safe to say Google knows more about us than we'd like. Today however, Google's calling the new search "the end of search as we know it" as it improves like never before. Google search will now answer, converse, and anticipate. This is the knowledge graph and prediction start-up companies they've been buying all leaking out the seams and arriving for us all. More details below.

Google has announced their acquisition of Wavii. With that in mind, it is understandable if some Android users are wondering exactly what Wavii is. After all, this was an app that was available only for those rocking an iOS device. Or maybe more accurately, some may be wondering what Wavii was.